The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-11
SPIRITUAL PHILOSOPHY.
Manifestations without Apparent
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In
A. Home Circle.

gentleman and lady with whom thc
family were on intimate terms for
twenty-seven consecutive evenings with
out the sign of a manifestation. On the
twenty. eighth evening they heard sweet
music, vet the sounds did not reach
their ears as music in the r room would
come. 1t sounded as if a hundred feet
above their heads, with nothing inter-
yening to obstruct the sound, and it
was excellent. At length one OF the
children said:
II believe a spirit has got my harp,
for l hear one just like it up there"
but you lost your harp more than a
week ago." said the mother.
Eyes, and some one has found it.
That is my HARP, and | wish he would
drop it down here.
Whack! camr something upon the
floor at the littln fellows feet. 1t was
the harp! Then the music ceased.
The demonstration was startling, but
it scarcely paved the way for that
which followed.
al WISH" said the father, "they
would bring back the nose-glasses lost
wo or three weeks ago"
Whack! 1t was the nose.glasses!
Then there was plenty of silence and
q good bit of trepidation. Manifesto
tions bad begun in earnest, and these
good people, who had ~anxiously prayed
for them, were strangely Disconnected
at their Inauguration. Still, they did
not discuss the matter just then.
Discussion was not yet in order. The
head of the family described the situa-
ton to the writer as it impressed
him on this solemn occasion, and sized
1t up as follows:
after getting my glasses | thought
/ would request cessation OF
ifestations, but my mouth could not
be induced to express the idea. /
was dumb. So was every one in the
circle, and for more than half an hour
there was neither word o movement.
The spell was broken by my little daugh-
ter, who asked in a whisper: Mamma,
where are youP' Here | am replied
wife, in an assuring tone, and then she
said that she would not be surprised to
find that the spirits had the spoons she
had lately missed. Yes, they had them,
and then they came down upon the car
pet, one, two, three, four-four silver
teaspoons! There was no delusion in
their jingle, and in less than ten Sec
onds after they fell they were gathered
up by unseen hands and tossed into
wife's lap. -
81 do not expect you to believe this.
1 saw ii, and yet it is difficult for me to
believe. Had it not occurred IN my
own house, where trickery was impos-
sible, l would denounce it as a trick.
and this proves how hard it is for spir-
itual phenomena to gain credence in the
popular mind. Our lady friend asked
if we were sure those were the identical
spoons lost by us. Wife assured her
that they were, beyond question.
"'Then,' said she, If spirits a
really return articles that are lost L
wish they would bring me an earring
missed yesterday. Why, here it is.
Somebody has placed it in my hand.
Who brought itP
"No.answer.
81 believe some OF you people took
it to play a joke, and now return it in
this ridiculous way said she. Why.
But it is gone again. Who took itP
Please do not annoy me, for | prize it
very highly. Did you take il, Mrs. S-P'
"Wife assured her that she did not.
Each person in the room volunteered
similar assurance.
There was a weird rustling in the
room, and l thought / detected the
sounds of mysterious whispering, but
30 much may have been imaginary.
Soon we were told to light the gas, and
when this was done ii was found that
notes had been written and addressed
10 the four senior members Of tho cir
Gle. and that each contained important
Information; that Charles harp, my
nose glasses, wife's spoons and our
friends earring were all there intact
and that the handkerchief had been
taken from our pockets, tied in fantas-
tic knots and hung upon the chandelier.
The note to me read as follows:
...DEAR STsPHEN: You have been